Psychology & Psychiatry
Loneliness, like chronic stress, taxes the immune system
New research links loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses, suggesting that being lonely has the potential to harm overall health.
Jan 19, 2013
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Neuroscience
Scientists show how brain circuit generates anxiety
Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified a neural circuit in the amygdala, the brain's seat of emotion processing, that gives rise to anxiety. Their insight has revealed the critical role of ...
May 29, 2018
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Neuroscience
The neurons that connect stress, insomnia, and the immune system
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and Stanford University have pinpointed the circuit in the brain that is responsible for sleepless nights in times of stress—and it turns out that circuit does more than ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Medical research
Study connects mitochondria to psychological stress response and species resilience
(Medical Xpress)—Mitochondria are symbiotic organelles that reside in most of the body's cells and power cellular functions. They contain their own DNA, called mtDNA, and they produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which ...
Medical research
A moderate dose of novel form of stress promotes longevity
A newly described form of stress called chromatin architectural defect, or chromatin stress, triggers in cells a response that leads to a longer life. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Research ...
Jul 10, 2019
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Surgery
Doctors devise safer alternative to opioids during, after surgeries
It's been slightly more than a year since Jonathan Akinrele, 23, underwent weight-loss surgery, and so far, so good.
Apr 28, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress affects people with schizophrenia differently, study shows
Stressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the mental illness or individuals at high risk for developing psychosis, a new CAMH study shows. The relationship ...
Jul 11, 2018
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Neuroscience
The effects of oxytocin on social anxiety depend on location, location, location
Studies have long suggested that oxytocin—a hormone that can also act as a neurotransmitter—regulates prosocial behavior such as empathy, trust and bonding, which led to its popular labeling as the "love hormone." Mysteriously, ...
Oct 7, 2020
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Immunology
Better vaccines are in our blood
Red blood cells do more than shuttle oxygen from our lungs to our organs: they also help the body fight off infections by capturing pathogens on their surfaces, neutralizing them, and presenting them to immune cells in the ...
Jul 13, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress in the city: Brain activity and biology behind mood disorders of urban residents
Being born and raised in a major urban area is associated with greater lifetime risk for anxiety and mood disorders. Until now, the biology for these associations had not been described. A new international study, which involved ...
Jun 22, 2011
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